Swallowing Gum – 7 Years in Stomach?

We’ve all heard someone tell us, “Don’t swallow your gum or it will stay in your stomach for 7 years.”  BUT is that true?  Apparently our parents were wrong!!  Gum is easily digested like any other food product.  The only part of gum that the digestive system ‘thinks’ twice about digesting is the gum base (the part that gives gum the stickiness/chewyness).  Eventually everything is digested just like any other food.

Read the complete article if you don’t believe me